in world sea chasing the French fleet dozen

Distance fogbound near Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands had successively sea, the world waters and America, Africa, Asia colonies were also they Shared it. British sweeping into the sea, it is bound to reach these national maritime interests, mutual enmity between the unavoidable. At this time, the Portuguese has gone off to Britain, national decline, won't test too big threat. Spain also in tip-top condition, will fight, ship jian, gun and "Armada", still unbeatable. Also is in the war, the Spanish 1588 out "Armada", desire annexation of the British Isles. British people rely on the island shores and favorable terrain harbour, indomitable withstands the Spanish fleet of offensive. Then, a big storm swept over equipoised adrift in the Spanish fleet, all sea ships and 5,000 soldiers immediately was buried at sea, the rest of the ship disconcerting and return. Spain broadcast nearly eviscerated, nixonian levels. The British navy ship in the battle in the dead loss, not only 100, the whole nation's morale was so inspiring up. In actual combat, the British Isles geographical dominance adequately also be recognized and get play, only 34 kilometers across the English channel make Britain is as easy to maintain independent, and can avoid the island prone to isolate and closed, certainly also grew the ambition of Britain.

British and Dutch friction, was initially Dutch prevailed. The Dutch once use Britain during the bourgeois revolution of unrest, once home appeared won beihai park and the English channel seas. The Dutch businessman also everywhere, trying to prevent a British businessman who crowding into the Mediterranean and the west coast of the trade market, both sides to pinpoint MaiMang, with JianChuanLiBao at sea see directly. Britain, the Netherlands between early to in 1666 conducted three wars, the Dutch final pulp, and vertical and horizontal gallop world "maritime coachman" has become the pages of history. Other countries also are imposed on the sea, even the pirate ship intercept Holland will also Dutch merchant as an important object of robbery, should the "broken drum million beat", "push" wall is fallen, all the old adage.

Britain and France immediately launched a drawn-out sea -food, its maritime forces also subsequently turned over several times since. To 1815, of the British navy gross tonnage roughly equivalent to others around the world navy tonnage combined. Thus the proof, , almost the French person earlier in overseas possession of colonial panoramic bag. Anti-french after the war, Britain in overseas have with the 13 American colonies as the center of the first empire, and in India, for center of the second empire. Since the far east India into British territory, its jurisdiction is east west sunrise sunset already, became the reputation of "day falls" empire. According to the rise of great nations "book to provide the data, including the British empire 1880 150 square miles of land and 20 million population, 1890 expanded to 1,100 square miles of land and 3.9 billion population, to the first world war again expanded to 127 square miles of land and 431 million population, accounting for global area and population was about one fourth.